births
It's that time again ...
Some stories won’t die.
Odd birth claims: The Guardian weighs in
Last Wednesday I chided The Sun for misculating the odds of giving birth to three babies at
Confusing Canada's infant mortality
The National Post, a Canadian national newspaper based in Toronto, has got its infant mortality rates in a twist.
Chip off the old clock
The Sun (Monday) reported an interesting coincidence
A blind eye to the birth rate, part 2
Has Sir David Nicholson, the chief executive of the NHS (pictured), been reading Straight Statistics?
Much ado about New York abortions
Anti-abortion campaigners in New York have recently been shocked by the discovery that 41 per cent of pregnancies in the city end in terminations.
Turning a blind eye to the birth rate
Statistics are supposed to inform debate, and guide policy. That’s why we collect them.
Do mothers’ mobiles beget badly-behaved babies?
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, I never travel without my copy of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Can the odd glass of wine help the unborn baby?
Occasional drinking in pregnancy does no harm, report the Daily Mail, the Herald, the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph today.
